Control Systems for
Horticultural Facilites
FULL FACILITY CONTROL
With over thirty-five
years of experience,
Argus is a pioneer in
equipment automation.
Argus Controls’ software and hardware provide a powerful, integrated solution for managing your
entire horticultural facility from greenhouse and physical plant operations, to fertigation systems,
grow rooms & growth chambers, nurseries, and propagation zones – all from your central command
center, networked PC, or mobile devices. Argus Controls can act as the main control system in
your operation or fully integrate into your existing Building Management System.
CONTROL AND
AUTOMATION
• Precision climate control
• Intelligent lighting control
Growth chambers
Measuring CO2, temperature,
and humidity
PHYSICAL PLANT
OPERATIONS
GROWTH CHAMBERS
· Boilers/chillers
· Distribution systems
· Heat recovery
· Backup power
· Climate control
· Lighting
· CO2
· Fertigation
· Research
Instrumentation
RESEARCH GREENHOUSES
Climate control
the greenhouse
in
· Climate control
· Lighting
· CO2
· Fertigation
· Research
Instrumentation
CENTRAL
WEATHER
STATION
Tanks for the storage of water
· Irrigation
· Moisture status
· Soil temperatures
· Pump control
· Well monitoring
FERTIGATION CONTROL
· Multi-Feed nutrient dosing
· Water treatment
· Tank management
GROWTH ROOMS
· Climate control
· Lighting
· CO2
· Fertigation
· Research
Instrumentation
• Advanced irrigation and fertigation
Growth Rooms
CENTRAL MONITORING
Argus Server PC
Wireless
control
segments
REMOTE WELLS
PUMPING STATIONS,
FIELD TRIALS
Fertigation control
• Tracking for system security
and audits
PROPAGATION ZONES
REMOTE PCs
· Operator access
CORRIDORS &
PREP ROOMS
· Temperature control
· Ventilation
· Monitoring
Control panels
· Climate control
· Lighting & shade
· CO2
· Fertigation
· Misting control
· Rooting/germinating
Temperatures
Lighting & shade in the
Greenhouse
· Audit trail
· Diagnostics
· Alarms
· Email notifications
· Data collection & archiving
INTERNET
· Remote access
· Monitoring
· Email notifications
Audit trail
COMPREHENSIVE
DATA ACQUISITION
• Extensive data logging and
graphing capabilities
• Data channels can be recorded
at high resolutions with
prefiltering options
• Quickly review and analyze
your data with integrated
multi-overlay graphing tools
CONSTANT CONTACT
• 24/7 alarm monitoring of all critical
conditions with quick detection
of any deviations
PERFORMANCE TRACKING
& EQUIPMENT OPTIMIZATION
• Automatic voice and email alerts
• Monitored activity of devices:
on/off cycles, total running times,
maintenance reminders
• Multiple alarm conditions and
custom intelligent alarm models
• Monitored usage of energy and water
relative to targets
• Custom monitoring solutions
Different crops controlled by an Argus system
AUTOMATED IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
• Intelligent, demand-based irrigation strategies
• Water source and storage tank level management
• Evapotranspiration modelling
• Water conservation strategies
• Water quality monitoring and control
Controlling irrigation using the Argus Titan Software
• Crop moisture status monitoring
• Water treatment and drain recycling
NUTRIENT CONTROL
• Full single-element dosing options are
available as well as standard A/B style stock
tank applications
• Programming and operations are managed
seamlessly by the Argus fertigation
management software
• Can produce up to 64 distinct user
specified recipes
Nutrient control
LIGHTING CONTROL
OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
• Photoperiod start/end time settings
can be absolute (time of day) or relative
(tied to dawn or dusk)
• Cyclical lighting settings for energy
efficient photoperiod control
• Time windowed supplementary light control
• Light sensor-based operation
• Light level and light duration proving times
• Light accumulation override features to
reduce energy costs and extend lamp life
• Minimum cycle on times to prevent short
cycling of lighting equipment
Lighting Control in the Greenhouse
• Additional overrides, limits, and operating
logic as required
DAILY LIGHT INTEGRAL PROGRAM
• One of the many programs available on
the Argus system
• Measures the Daily Light Integral (DLI)
at the crop level
Target
35 DLI
35 DLI
• Algorithmically predicts the available
natural light as the basis for
supplementary lighting control
20 DLI
• Delivers a standard DLI despite daily
and seasonal weather variations
• Optimizes energy consumption and
lamp usage
Lights on
15 DLI
The Argus DLI program supplements the exact
amount of artificial light required
LINE VOLTAGE INTERFACING
Argus can provide custom engineered
combination panels containing the Argus
Titan control hardware along with prewired
power distribution and line voltage relays
matched to the controlled loads. This allows
for a space saving, ‘all-in-one’ design and
minimizes on-site installation.
Argus Panels
ADVANCED SOFTWARE
TITAN 900 SOFTWARE
The Titan 900 software offers an enhanced user experience with innovative visual controls and
value added features (such as intuitive visual controls, enhanced graphs, API, and smart reporting).
The refreshed user interface uses colour and layout strategies that can be customized to suit
individuals’ need for style and information. Our software is designed to de-clutter the interface,
optimize visualization of your facility’s data, and focus your attention on what is important to you.
Fully customizable screens on the Titan 900 software for a detailed view of your facility
ARGUS LIVE
With a live view of your operation, you can monitor, analyze, and run your facility in real time,
giving you full control whether you’re at your desk or on the move. It is a safe, secure, and powerful
enhancement to one of the most advanced environmental control systems on the market.
SMART & INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD
Customize your Argus Live dashboard to ensure you can
access the most essential information of your operation.
PERSONALIZED SETTINGS
Completely customize Argus Live to suit the needs
of your operation, from personalizing the interface to
controlling your facility’s settings to keep your operation
running smoothly.
CUSTOMIZABLE DISPLAY
Argus Live can be used on tablets, phones, and PC
Configure each section to prioritize the information you
want to see and select how you want your data to be
displayed through visual tools like graphs, tables, dials,
and gauges.
PLANT FOCUS
A PLANT-CENTRIC SYSTEM FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Argus Controls can easily be integrated to your existing Building Management System,
adding features that are key to a plant growing environment. This will bring some key
benefits to your operation:
• Growers can enter all setpoints, recipes, and schedules into Argus’ screens
• Argus communicates seamlessly with BMS HVAC controls and setpoints/actuals visible
on both systems
• Sensor readings are fully integrated and visible on both systems
• Integration of climate, light, CO2, irrigation, and nutrient delivery, all with a single
modeling program
• Management of Daily Light Integral at the plant level
• Evapotranspiration Model to determine irrigation and nutrient requirements which results
in maximizing nutrient uptake
• Scheduling of feeding and watering over the entire growth cycle with recipes for different
plant types and growth phases
RELY ON US
Our equipment and our entire organization are designed
to provide you with rapid response and full support
whenever you need it.
• We partner with you to ensure proper installation, system
commissioning, and operator training. In addition to routine
assistance, we provide 24/7 after-hours, weekend, and holiday
emergency support.
• Argus systems feature comprehensive self-monitoring
of all control components and communications pathways,
as well as extensive monitoring of controlled equipment
and processes.
• In the event of emergencies, our flexible alarm annunciation
options ensure that problems are detected early, enabling the
most prompt response possible.
Argus provides 24/7 emergency support
• Our systems are fully designed for remote support, so the
location of your facility does not matter.
• In the event of a system-based issue, manual overrides
are provided on most equipment relays to assist in
troubleshooting, repairs, and emergency operation.
Founded in 1964, CEL Group of Companies (CEL) comprises Conviron
Canada, Conviron USA, Conviron Europe, and Conviron Australia,
together forming the world’s leading designer and supplier of controlled
environments for plant growth. CEL Group also includes Argus Controls,
one of the leading suppliers of plant-centric environmental controls and
automation systems used in greenhouse and indoor growing facilities.
Together, Conviron and Argus provide technologies to our clients in the
plant science research, commercial horticulture, and phytopharmaceutical
industries in over 90 countries around the world.
CONTACT US
Corporate Headquarters
Argus Control Systems Ltd.
18445 53 Ave.
Surrey, British Columbia
Telephone: 1-604-538-3531
Toll Free: 1 -800-667-2090
Fax: 1-604-538-4728
Web: www.arguscontrols.com
E-Mail: sales@arguscontrols.com
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